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ending June 30 showed a favorable balance in both savings and Bill Way of the Tennessee Highway Patrol. The topic will be 14-A THE JACKSON SUN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1966 checking accounts. A net In Safety on the Highways. A detailed treasurer's report i Humboldt Rotary Hears Attorney HUMBOLDT, Tenn. "You crease of more than szoo in casn assets was reported.

for the fiscal year of the club GIs Fought For Their Political Freedom In Tennessee Town it? who remain think they did the mains among those who were and Taxes in the U.S.A." was the jail: "Call off the GIs and we'll come out. We're dying in right thing. part of the citizens militia that the topic of an address delivered "If things ever get as bad as here." they did the right thing. they were then, there ought to The GIs were called off. The at the regular meeting of the Humboldt Rotary Club by Mem be another one," said FicKei.

deputies came out. And no one had died, although estimates on -ELECT-JOHN R. TOWWATER Position 'But I'm getting 'most too old phis attorney J. Lester Crain Jr. for that.

I'm 72 now." the number of wounded ranged attention on "The Battle of Ath- ens" on election day, Aug. 1, 1946. In August, 1946, this was Athens, Pressure had begun building when soldiers, fresh from fighting for their country in the Pacific, decided it was time to fight for their constitutionally guaranteed political freedom at home. They had fielded five candidates for major county offices, from 20 to 50. By JAY BOWLES ATHENS, Tenn.

(AP) The name of the movie at the local theater was "Gunning for Vengeance." Its title was emblazoned across the marquee. But the drama, ahundred times more real, involved gunning for what was termed political freedom. It was a successful battle. The war theater was Athens, a small college town in East Tennessee. It occurred 20 years ago this week and, although the protagonists are either dead or 20 years older, the feeling re The battle was over.

The GIs had won, both on the streets and Kennedy agreed. "I guess it could happen again. But I'm 20 years older and probably wouldn't be in anything like that anymore. I would have to leave Gone is most of the tangible evidence of this battle the rush on the National Guard armory for guns and ammunition, firing of thousands of rounds of ammunition, the quiet egress of incumbent office holders who had ruled the county for 10 years, and the worried wives and children who sat at home listening to the gunshots and dynamite blasts. But so are the political conditions which focused the nation's in the polls.

They took office a month early, because the incum bents had abdicated. it to the younger generation." 6 "Big Jim" 1 1 a then campaign manager for the GI Party and now postmaster of three Democrats and two Repub There has been no further trouble at the polls in McMinn County which had gained distinction 48 years earlier when its county court officially de licans, in a non-partisan effort Athens, doesn't think there will ever be again the need for such Crain said the "tax take" last year in Tennessee amounted to $1.25 billion, of which $450 million was collected by state, county and municipal governments and $800 million by the federal government. The total tax bite last year was $112 billion and it is expected, according to Crain, to be $120 billion this year. Introducing the speaker was Rotarian Griffin who stated that Crain was a graduate of Central High School, Memphis, Southwestern College, Memphis, and Harvard Law School. Rotarian Mayor Ernest Griggs, in charge of the next program, will have Humboldt's Chief of Police Sammy Liles in Honest Dependable a battle here.

to oust the incumbent Cantrell machine. This was the GI party. "You might as well have not clared war on Spain, two weeks before the President of the "So far as I know, we've had honest electionsin McMinn County since that time. That's John R. Towater United States followed suit.

TI The bullet-r i 1 jail has been torn down to make way for what our efforts were intended for. Everything has been above a newspaper building. The GI board since that time." The GI Party disappeared aft A Man of Many Years of Successful Business Experience Offers His Services To You, The Citizens of Jackson As Your Magistrate. Political Adv. Paid For By John R.

Towwater headquarters was razed for a er the election, but its siege was department store. Half of the unequaled in Tennessee history insurgents are dead. But those gone to the polls," says Otto Kennedy, one of the hard-core of the reform party and later sheriff for three terms. "They took the ballot boxes over to the jail an coudnted them the way they wanted to. They would knock you in the head if you tried to protest." The incumbent administration's special deputies, imported from outlying areas and numbering about 150, were patrolling the streets and precincts on election day.

Some of them did take the ballot boxes to the jail. That set the scene for the Battle of Athens. troduce the speaker, Lieutenant Public Is Lacking Interest In Stocks Despite 'Bargains' i rne tils, armed witn rifles ana strikes that disrupted transportation, or medical service, or production lines of industries FOR CHESTER RUSHING FOR MAGISTRATE 5th District and City of Jackson General Election Aug. 4, 1966 Your Vote and Influence Will Be Appreciated This Ad Paid For by Chester Rushing By SAM DAWSON NEW YORK (AP) Stock prices have dropped so low that brokers insist there are bargains to be had. But the public has lacked interest.

Investors seem to be concentrating more on the clouds on the economic horizon than on the sunny sky overhead where statistical records still appear short of supplies. Some expect labor demands to get so high next year that management will refuse to accept them. Or, if the demands are accepted, rising production machine guns taken from the armory, set up a front line across from the jail. The special deputies, called "a bunch of thugs" by newspapers then and today by Charlie Pickel, the GI candidate for register of deeds 20 years ago, took three GIs hostage and turned the jail into a fortress. The battle raged on the town costs could pinch off the profits that industry says it must have.

square for three hours before three dynamite blasts hit in rapid succession. A call came from GROSS MISINTERPRETATION OF WHO DESERVES YOUR SUPPORT Interstate Highways receive 90 Federal Aid. Primary and Secondary Roads receive 50 Federal Aid. Jr. Colleges and Technical Schools receive 40 Federal Aid.

Hospitals receive 52 Federal Aid, the 95-Bed addition to the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital costing $3,600,000 received no money from the State. Why is Frank Clement given credit for this? Are the local people trying to fool you too? If so why? For the amount of taxes collected in Madison County the people have received a very small portion in projects during the last four years from which they benefit. What about 14 years? You are receiving benefits from projects assisted by Federal Aid. So let's keep it that way. Go To The Polls August 4th and cast your vote RE-ELECT ROSS BASS U.S.

Senator For Transportation to and from the Polls Call Ross Bass Headquarters 424-9650 Savage's Grill 422-9245 Mrs. Nannie Cole 427-8166 Mrs. Marie Penn 427-9088 Mrs. Cora Knox 427-4201 with much of their old regulan-! ty- The public has been looking for bargains elsewhere in the bond market, and in the interest rate war between financial institutions. It has ignored the boost to stocks that would seem to lie in the continuing rise in industrial production through June and in the 11 per cent gain in profits in recent months, compared with a year ago.

Brokers explain the steep drops recently in stock prices as Should An 80 Year-Old-Man Be ReElected For 8 More Years? If You Feel This Unwise PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO VOTE FORME! Some potential buyers of stocks may also have been frightened away by all the talk that rising living costs and growing fiscal demands of the war in Viet Nam will lead to higher taxes after the fall elections. Higher taxes on corporate income will affect profits. And higher taxes on individuals will slow purchases of industry's products. What slowdown there has been in the economy so far has been largely concentrated in two fields that the public is always well aware of autos and housing. But the general economy is still on the uptrend, even if some investors are suspicious about the future for some industries and some corporations.

In the stock market it's been a long, hot summer and many will be happy when the day comes for the bears to i less the result of any rush to sell than of simple lack of any urge to buy bargains or not. i Tight money gets much of the I blame, because it means inves- tors can get bigger yields from things other than stocks. But also playing a big role just now is the fear that a major For Judge of Court of Appeals, Western Division (Political Advertisement Paid for by Melvin Fleischer Campaign Fund) labor-management fracas lies ahead. Union wage demands are growing and the public has been made aware of them by feir loud nj UUuCj JliB tLJ Li rv etti i SOI Mpw i I 111 i I I if I i 5 I I ly I i 4', I ti lf Is 1 I iHe The following Quoted from Opening Campaign Speech of John J. Hooker, at Lebanon, Ten nessee: "A state income tax is unconstitutional.

No tax will be imposed upon the people of Tennessee while I am governor1 Water SaiCJ 0 VOTE FOR A MAN WHO TELLS YOU mik il WHERE HE STANDS! "I favor repeal of the tax on water and lights. This is a punishing, unfair tax. It should be repealed and I will propose its repeal to the legislature in January of next year1 fo) AW VOTE FOR fin Person To Person Representative ill Paid Advertising Paid for by Charles Scott, Chairman. Paid Political Adv. Paid For By Citizens For Blanton Kenneth Duffey, Chairman i.